Making it harder to get guns might be one thing that could help. I think there's been some research showing that ease of suicide can affect suicide rates. And

Making it harder to get guns might be one thing that could help. I think there's been some research showing that ease of suicide can affect suicide rates. And guns are more effective at actually killing yourself. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC478945/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC478945/ this talks about a fall in suicides due to a switch from coal gas ovens to natural gas in Hreat Britain. --- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21034205 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21034205 > The use of firearms is a common means of suicide. We examined the effect of a policy change in the Israeli Defense Forces reducing adolescents' access to firearms on rates of suicide. Following the policy change, suicide rates decreased significantly by 40%. Most of this decrease was due to decrease in suicide using firearms over the weekend. There were no significant changes in rates of suicide during weekdays. Decreasing access to firearms significantly decreases rates of suicide among adolescents. The results of this study illustrate the ability of a relatively simple change in policy to have a major impact on suicide rates. by adolescents I think they mean 18,19 (possibly 20,21) year olds in the Army.